Air links key to investment in Northeast India

The shortage of direct air links with Bangkok has been identified as the most important bottleneck to lifting Thai investment in India's northeast region, the strategically located area that is a critical part of India's Look East policy.
The single weekly flight by newly merged airline Air India between Bangkok and Guwahati is "simply not enough," said Satish Sehgal, president of the Thai Indian business forum at the North East India Trade & Investment Opportunities Week. The event was organised to promote Thai investment into India's eight northeastern states.
He called for at least three flights a week by the Indian carrier, as well as flights by Thai Airways International or any other Thai carrier.
Organised by the Indian Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), the Ministry of Commerce and the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the week saw a massive turnout of about 100 businesspeople from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
08/10/07 Imtiaz Muqbil/Bangkok Post, Thailand

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2007